For Geek Eyes Only: Firefox 3.0 Alpha 1

Mozilla has made Firefox 3's Alpha 1 ("Gran Paradiso") available for download and testing by the developer community. The new browser uses the Cairo vector graphics library, an updated threading model, and Mozilla says it adheres better to SVG specifications....

Mozilla has made Firefox 3's Alpha 1 ("Gran Paradiso") available for download and testing by the developer community. The new browser uses the Cairo vector graphics library, an updated threading model, and Mozilla says it adheres better to SVG specifications. If you don't know what that means, the new test browser's probably not intended for you, sorry!

If it makes you feel any better, we're not jumping in yet, either. Let's just enjoy Firefox 2 and let the geeks do their work.

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